Thread by @aaronjmate

Federal judge has issued a significant rebuke of a core Mueller claim. Mueller claims that the IRA -- a Russian troll farm -- was the 2nd of "two principal interference operations" by Russian gov't. But as judge notes, Mueller's implied link between IRA & Russian gov't was false:

This is a major blow not just to Mueller but to the entire "Russian Active Measures" talking point. As the judge acknowledges, the IRA (which, btw, put out juvenile clickbait mostly unrelated to the election) is a private entity & Mueller never establishes a Kremlin connection.

I point out this disconnect in my latest piece: Mueller says the social media operation was the 2nd major component of a "sweeping and systematic" Russian gov't interference campaign -- yet he never actually shows how it's connected to the Russian gov't. realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2019/…

This inconsistency, confirmed by a DC judge, raises new Qs about the validity of Mueller's claim of a "sweeping and systematic" Russian gov't interference campaign. If Mueller was disingenuous in falsely trying to link it to Russian gov't, what else was he disingenuous about?

For more on why the IRA was a juvenile operation mostly unrelated to 2016 election, see also: (thenation.com/article/russia…) & (thenation.com/article/hyping…)

Here is the DC Judge's order that I'm quoting from. Judge rebukes Mueller & DOJ for falsely suggesting a link between IRA & Russian government, and for suggesting that IRA carried out a Kremlin "Active Measures" campaign -- a "central" Mueller allegation: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6185…

I should clarify re: validity, above: given how disingenuous Mueller is overall -- ignoring Steele dossier; obscuring how weak the official Papadopoulos predicate; omitting Kilimnik's extensive State Dept ties & falsely hyping him as GRU indictment -- this is only latest example.

Update: it's not just a judge recognizing that the Russian troll farm did not act for Russian gov't -- it's one of Mueller's own prosecutors. At May 28 hearing, Jonathan Kravis said: "The report does not say that the Russian government participated in" the troll farm's activity:

Kravis is right, & accordingly acknowledging that Mueller report is disingenuous. While the report does not explicitly claim troll farm was Russian gov't activity, it gives the false impression that it was, by including it as 1 of 2 "principal" Russian interference "operations":

Again, I flag this disconnect in my latest piece on Mueller's flawed case for Russian gov't interference. He suggests troll farm was a part of a Russian gov't operation, while conspicuously failing to show that the troll farm worked w/ the Russian gov't: realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2019/…